36th Street Portal

36th Street Portal
A Route 10 trolley emerges from the 36th Street Portal.
Location 36th & Ludlow Streets
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Coordinates 39°57′22″N 75°11′38″W / 39.956022°N 75.193911°W / 39.956022; -75.193911Coordinates: 39°57′22″N 75°11′38″W / 39.956022°N 75.193911°W / 39.956022; -75.193911
Owned by SEPTA
Line(s)
  Route 10
Platforms Sidewalk with open shelter
Tracks 2
Connections
  Subway–Surface Trolley Lines at 36th Street station
History
Opened 1955
Electrified Overhead lines
Services
Preceding station   SEPTA   Following station
Route 10 Trolley
(Lancaster)
Location
36th Street Portal
Location within Philadelphia

The 36th Street Portal is a SEPTA Subway-Surface Lines trolley station in Philadelphia.[1] The station is located just south of the corner of 36th and Market Streets (actually on the corner of 36th and Ludlow Streets), and where the 10 trolley of the Subway-Surface Lines goes into the tunnel after running on the street in West Philadelphia coming from the Overbrook section of Philadelphia.[2] Trolleys run in the tunnel from this station to Center City Philadelphia. At 33rd Street, the 10 trolley connects with the other Subway-Surface Lines which come into the tunnel at 40th Street. After entering the tunnel, the 10 trolley runs under Market Street to Center City Philadelphia. The station itself is above ground right before the tunnel. It is about a block and a half walk away from the Sansom Commons/36th Street station where one may connect to the other trolley lines in their tunnel without having to go to the 33rd Street station.[2]

Station layout

Street level Side platform, doors will open on the right
Westbound ← Trolley Route 10 toward 63rd–Malvern (36th & Market)
Eastbound → Trolley Route 10 toward Center City (33rd Street) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

References

  1. ↑ Williams (1988).
  2. 1 2 Springirth (2016).
  • Springirth, Kenneth C. (2016). Philadelphia Electrified Rail Lines In Color. Scotch Plains, NJ: Morning Sun Books Inc. ISBN 978-1-5824-8498-3.
  • Williams, Gerry (1998). Trains, Trolleys & Transit: A Guide to Philadelphia Area Rail Transit. Piscataway, NJ: Railpace Company. ISBN 978-0-9621541-7-1. OCLC 43543368.

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